A victory won't be nearly enough to solidify a playoff spot for either the Miami Dolphins or the Arizona Cardinals, but a loss on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., will make it that much more difficult for the Dolphins to sneak in through the back door and a loss by the Cardinals would essentially end their season.

Miami had won six straight games to climb back into the race only to get blown out this past Sunday by Baltimore 38-6, killing precious momentum that coach Adam Gase thought would propel his team into wild card status.

"The first thing we had to do earlier this week was correct a lot of the mistakes that we made in that last game," Gase said. "We had some uncharacteristic mistakes, at least compared to what we were doing the six previous games. It wasn't for a lack of effort.